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Jonathan R.A. Maier, Ph.D.

Vision

 I am interested in discovering, knowing, implementing, practicing, spreading, teaching, and writing about great design, especially in engineering contexts. This encompasses design theory, methodology, design in nature, and how artifacts impact real users.

Degrees

 Clemson University, Clemson, SC: Mechanical Engineering, Ph.D., 2005.
Clemson University, Clemson, SC: Mechanical Engineering, M.S., 2000.
Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA: Mechanical Engineering, B.S., 1999.

Publications

 Affordance Based Design:
  • Maier, J.R.A. and G.M. Fadel (2001). "Affordance: The Fundamental Concept in Engineering Design," ASME DETC/DTM, Pittsburgh, PA, Paper No. DETC2001/DTM-21200.
  • Maier, J.R.A. and G.M. Fadel (2002). "Comparing Function and Affordance as Bases for Design," ASME DETC/DTM, Montreal, Canada, Paper No. DETC2002/DTM-34029.
  • Maier, J.R.A. and G. M. Fadel (2003). "Affordance-Based Methods for Design," Proceedings of ASME Design Theory and Methodology Conference, Chicago, Illinois. Paper no. DETC2003/DTM-48673.
  • Maier, J.R.A. and G. M. Fadel (2005). "A Case Study Contrasting German Systematic Engineering Design with Affordance Based Design" Proceedings of ASME Design Theory and Methodology Conference, Long Beach, CA. Paper no. DETC2005-84954.
  • Maier, J.R.A. and G. M. Fadel (2006) "Affordance Based Design: Status and Promise". Proceedings of IDRS'06, Seoul, South Korea.
  • Maier, J.R.A. (2006) "How Structure Influences Behavior", General Systems Bulletin, International Society for the Systems Sciences, 35:13-15.
  • Maier, J.R.A. (2006). "Design and Evolution: Morphogenesis and Metamorphosis", Proceedings of the Design History Society Conference 2006, 31 August - 2 September 2006, TU Delft.
  • Maier, J.R.A. and G. M. Fadel. (2006) "Affordance Based Design: Status and Promise". Proceedings of IDRS'06, Seoul, South Korea.
  • Maier, J.R.A. and G. M. Fadel (2007) "Identifying Affordances," Proceedings of ICED'07, Paris, France. August 27-30, 2007. Paper no. 591.
  • Gaffney, E.S., J.R.A. Maier, and G.M. Fadel (2007) "Roles of Function and Affordance in the Evolution of Artifacts," Proceedings of ICED'07, Paris France. August 27-30, 2007. Paper no. 592.
  • Maier, J.R.A., T. Ezhilan, and G.M. Fadel (2007) "The Affordance Structure Matrix - A Concept Exploration and Attention Directing Tool for Affordance Based Design, Proceedings of ASME Design Theory and Methodology Conference, Las Vegas, NV. Paper no. DETC2007-34526.
  • Maier, J.R.A. "Rethinking Design Theory," Mechanical Engineering 130(9):34-37. September, 2008, ASME.
  • Maier, J.R.A., J. Sandel and G. M. Fadel. (2008) "Extending the Affordance Structure Matrix - Mapping Design Structure and Requirements to Behavior," Proceedings of DSM'08, Stockholm, Sweden. 11-12 November, 2008.
  • Maier, J.R.A. and G.M. Fadel (2009). "Affordance Based Design: A Relational Theory for Design." Research in Engineering Design. 20(1): 13-27.
  • Maier, J.R.A., G.M. Fadel and D. Batisto (2009). "An Affordance Based Approach to Architectural Theory, Design, and Practice." Design Studies, 30(4): 393-414 .
  • Maier, J.R.A. and G.M. Fadel (2009). "Affordance-Based Design Methods for Innovative Design, Redesign, and Reverse Engineering." Research in Engineering Design. 20(4): 225-239.
  • Maier, J.R.A., G. Mocko, and G.M. Fadel. "Hierarchical Affordance Modeling" Proceedings of ICED'09, Stanford, CA. August 24-27, 2009. Paper no. 314.
  • Maier, J.R.A., J. Sandel, and G.M. Fadel. "Experiments Comparing Function Structures to Affordance Structures" Proceedings of ICED'09, Stanford, CA. August 24-27, 2009. Paper no. 321.
  • Maier, J.R.A., R. Sachs, and G.M. Fadel. "A Comparative Study of Quantitative Scales to Populate Affordance Structure Matrices", Proceedings of ASME Design Theory and Methodology Conference, San Diego, CA. Paper no. DETC2009-86524.
  • Maier, J.R.A., T. Troy, P.J. Johnston, V. Bobba, and J.D. Summers (2010). "Case Study Research Using Senior Design Projects: An Example Application." ASME Journal of Mechanical Design. 132(11).
  • Maier, J. (2011). Affordance Based Design: Theoretical Foundations and Practical Applications. VDM Verlag.

Product Family Design:
  • Simpson, T.W., J.R.A. Maier and F. Mistree. (1999). "A Product Platform Concept Exploration Method for Product Family Design," ASME DETC/DTM, Las Vegas, NV, Paper No. DETC99/DTM-8761.
  • Maier, J.R.A. (2000). "Systems Intelligence: Theory and Application," International Society for the Systems Sciences 44th annual meeting, Toronto, Canada.
  • Simpson, T.W., J.R.A. Maier, and F. Mistree. (2001). "Product Platform Design: Method and Application," Research in Engineering Design, 13(1): 2-22.
  • Maier, J.R.A. and G.M. Fadel (2001). "Strategic Decisions in the Early Stages of Product Family Design," ASME DETC/DTM, Pittsburgh, PA, Paper No. DETC2001/DTM-21700.
  • Maier, J.R.A. and G. M. Fadel (2007), "A Taxonomy And Decision Support For The Design And Manufacture of Types of Product Families," Journal of Intelligent Manufacturing, 18(1): 31-45.

Complexity, Semantics, and Requirements Modeling:
  • Maier, J.R.A. and G.M. Fadel (2003). "On the Complexity of the Designer-Artifact-User System", Proceedings of ICED 03, Stockholm, Sweden. August 19-21, 2003. Paper no. 1366.
  • Maier, J.R.A. and G.M. Fadel (2006). "Understanding the Complexity of Design", in Complex Engineered Systems, Dan Braha, Ali Minai, and Yaneer Bar-Yam, eds. Springer.
  • Maier, J.R.A., T. Troy, J. Johnston, V. Bobba, and J.D. Summers (2006) "A Case Study Documenting Specific Configurations and Information Exchanges in Designer-Artifact-User Complex Systems" Proceedings of International Conference on Complex Systems (ICCS2006), June 25-30, 2006, Boston, MA.
  • Maier, J.R.A., T. Ezhilan, G.M. Fadel, J.D. Summers and G. Mocko (2007) "A Hierarchical Requirements Modeling Scheme to Support Engineering Innovation" Proceedings of ICED'07, Paris France. August 27-30, 2007. Paper no. 582.
  • Maier, J.R.A., S. Anandan, V. Bapat, J.D. Summers, and B. Bettig (2007) "A Computational Framework for Semantically Rich Design Problems Based on the Theory of Affordance and Exemplar Technology" Proceedings of ICED'07, Paris France. August 27-30, 2007. Paper no. 510.
  • Mocko, G.M., G.M. Fadel, J.D. Summers, J.R.A. Maier, and T. Ezhilan (2007) "A Systematic Method for Modelling and Analysing Conceptual Design Information" Proceedings of 9th International Design Structure Matrix Conference, DSM?07, 16-18 October, 2007, Munich, Germany. Paper no. DSM'07/13.
  • McLellan, J.M., J.R.A. Maier, G.M. Fadel, and G.M. Mocko, (2009) "A Method for Identifying Requirements Critical To Mass Reduction Using DSMs and DMMs" Proceedings of 11th International Design Structure Matrix Conference, DSM'09, 12-13 October, 2009, Greenville, SC.
  • McLellan, J.M., J.R.A. Maier, G.M. Fadel, and G.M. Mocko, (2009) "Generating Design Structure Matrices and Domain Mapping Matrices Using SysML" Proceedings of 11th International Design Structure Matrix Conference, DSM'09, 12-13 October, 2009, Greenville, SC.
  • Thomas, J., J.R.A. Maier, G.M. Fadel, and G.M. Mocko, (2009) "Using DMMs to Relate Design for Assembly Rules to Human Interaction Guidelines" Proceedings of 11th International Design Structure Matrix Conference, DSM'09, 12-13 October, 2009, Greenville, SC.

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